About the chords of “Introduction”

“Introduction” by Faris Shafi is in C Major and runs at about 83 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 16 different chords across 46 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Fdim, Dmaj7, F#m7, D6.

Dmaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 68% of the 2:02 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Dmaj7 → F#m7 → Dmaj7 → D6 → Dmaj7 → D → Dmaj7 → F#m7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 3 main chords with 4 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

F#m7 – E6 – Dmaj7 – F#m7 – E6 – Dmaj7 – D6 – Dmaj7 – Gm – F#m7 – E6 – Dmaj7 – Abm7b5 – Dmaj7 – F#m7 – E – Dmaj7 – C#7/E# – F#m7 – E – Dmaj7 – Bm – Fdim – F#m – E6 – Dmaj7 – F#7 – E6 – Dmaj7 – Abm – D – G – Dmaj7 – F#m7 – E6 – Dmaj7 – Amaj7 – G – F#m7 – E – Dmaj7 – Fdim – F#m7 – E – Dmaj7 – Fdim

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